corpuscular theory of light

1. 1.

   (physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles

   Synonymscorpuscular theory

   Antonymswave theory of light

   Broaderscientific theory

   physics

Questions about corpuscular theory of light

What does corpuscular theory of light mean?

corpuscular theory of light means "(physics) the theory that light is transmitted as a stream of particles".

What is another word for corpuscular theory of light?

Close synonyms include corpuscular theory. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of corpuscular theory of light?

The recorded antonyms are wave theory of light.

Is corpuscular theory of light a common word?

corpuscular theory of light is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.